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Word: glace (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...special trains rolled into Paris, and the great names ranged themselves in the Salle de Glace, it was apparent that the full tide of democracy had done its work. The rising sea had swirled round the thrones, and floated the governments of the people into the seats of the mighty. In Russia, Austria, Germany, "the king" and "the empire" became frail words which foolish men scrawled up on walls or sidewalks late at night. Handsome gentlemen whose families had sketched the map of Europe for centuries moved off into quiet watering places to await, beneath the trees, a call which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 2/20/1934 | See Source »

Unlike National Distillers, which has branched in the manufacture of glace fruits, olives, maraschino cherries and lacquer solvents, Overholt has never done anything but make good whiskey. Thirty-one thousand barrels of Overholt went with the deal, giving National Distillers 70% of all U. S. bonded whiskey. Other National Distillers' brands: "Old Grand-dad," "Green River," "Mount Vernon," "Old Taylor," "Sunny Brook," and "McBrayer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Sequels | 7/3/1933 | See Source »

Black Tower tries to frighten you with the antics of a maniacal physician who has a gallery full of corpses, mummified and glace-coated, to which he wishes to add a young girl he has picked up. And fails. Co-author is Lora Baxter, who appeared last week in The Animal Kingdom (see above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Other Plays in Manhattan | 1/25/1932 | See Source »

...Bremen's mail should be there 30 hr. ahead of time. The catapult on the Bremen's sundeck whirred; the plane shot into the sky 1,300 mi. northeast of Ambrose Lightship and flew on into rain, fog & headwind. At dark she alighted for a moment on Glace Bay Harbor to check position with a fishing boat; at 9 p. m. she put down on Sydney Harbor with ten minutes' fuel supply in her tanks; at midnight, refueled, she flew on again in the darkness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Last Flight | 10/19/1931 | See Source »

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